Episode 81 - Small Screen

Excited by the news of a Blades in the Dark TV series Iain pitches Jamie his best boardgame based TV shows. Will he pass muster or fall flat? Whilst Jamie is mulling it over they cover the latest news from a well known publisher shutting its doors to a team up between Magic: The Gathering and football. All this, and more, on this episode of Brainwaves.    Headlines   IDW shutters publishing arm https://www.dicebreaker.com/companies/idw-games/news/idw-games-closure   Kickstarter board games do well https://medium.com/icopartners/state-of-kickstarter-and-games-mid-2021-update-132964d2c523   Blades in the Dark TV show https://www.screendaily.com/news/uks-warp-films-and-anton-team-for-international-development-partnership/5162777.article   https://twitter.com/bladesinthedark   News   Broken Token Update   Pandasauraus Games statement https://twitter.com/Pandasaurusgame/status/1430239890617286658   Broken Token Statement https://twitter.com/tbt_gaming/status/1433528322474971137?s=21   There’s Magic down at Leyton Orient  https://www.leytonorient.com/magic-the-gathering/   SW: Armada loses support (outside OP) https://twitter.com/atomicmassgames/status/1428828647994109954/photo/1   R Talsorian backs out of  GenCon https://twitter.com/RTalsorianGames/status/1433122593159143433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1433122593159143433%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dicebreaker.com%2Fcompanies%2Fr-talsorian-games%2Fnews%2Fr-talsorian-games-exits-gen-con-2021   https://twitter.com/Gen_Con/status/1433145981361659919   Netrunner rises from the Digital ashes (maybe?) https://twitter.com/captainraffi/status/1430252745265754116   https://nisei.net/   https://jinteki.net/   Patreon Shoutouts Shaun Newan game-a-lot.fun/en facebook.com/gamealotboardgames Our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thegiantbrain   Support Us https://giantbrain.co.uk/support-us-new/   Metallic Dice Games https://metallicdicegames.com/ Promo Code: ROLLWITHBRAINS Outro   Catan Beer is real! https://table22.com/champion#membership-tiers   Our Links   Thanks very much for listening. If you like what you’ve listened to then the best way to help us out is to share the podcast and drop us a review and rating on itunes.  You can also follow us on   Discord: https://discord.gg/3bMx2HK75r Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegiantbrain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/giantbrainuk/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegiantbrain Website: https://giantbrain.co.uk/ Email: [email protected]